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Donald Trump wins more support in US as petition to ban him from the UK passes ...

And Trump's confused grab bag of policies is a long way short of the ideological framework that would make him part of a fully fledged fascist movement. Some commentators have . Here is more of what he said, critising Washington for not building a ...

The process art movement of the 1970s and the Environmental Art movement are directly related, especially Puerto Rico-born artist Rafael Ferrer's process-oriented “50 Cakes of Ice” (1970), which melted in the Museum of Modern Art's Abby Aldrich ...

hyperallergic.comDecember 9, 2015

The myth of Donald Trump, passing fad

Trump's rise either caused or coincided with a large increase in the percentage of people who are paying attention to presidential races early. He is not a resume conservative: He is a leader who is calling for restricting immigration by building a ...

theweek.comDecember 9, 2015

Painter Ann Thomson: driven to abstraction

Just when I'm accustomed to these vigorous, stabbing jousts a sudden serenity descends, and Thomson glides to the canvas, quietly making several long, languorous lines, her movements morphing from pouncing hunter to unhurried, elegant dancer. She can't ...

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.auDecember 11, 2015

William Kentridge Takes New York

Those of us who are slaves to the digital clock can sympathize with Dada Masilo as she lights the fuse of the cartoon dynamite sticks and the ensuing bang fills the theater. Masilo, the production's South In Refuse the Hour, silhouette processions ...

www.brooklynrail.orgDecember 9, 2015

JOSÉ PARLÁ with Laila Pedro

As he moves through a layered world of multiple cultures and geographies, Parlá's intensively textured works move between spaces and mediums: they encompass painting and sculpture, wall fragments brought inside gallery spaces or installed in public ...

www.brooklynrail.orgDecember 9, 2015

Global Holiday Gift Guide

When it comes to holiday giving, an unpredictably exotic present that came across an ocean has a bona fide wow factor. We've searched the globe for 50 great ways—from fancy Japanese snacks to sari blankets from India—to make a foreign exchange....

graphics.wsj.comDecember 3, 2015

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The wind was chilly in the town of Forkshire, Wisconsin, and quite peaceful in the wake of the coming oblivion. Most mornings consisted of this, and the inability to get out of bed plagued him most of the time, however, this morning, a sense of motivation struck David as he threw off his covers. “Today’s the last day, ughhh I should at least make it meaningful. I always hoped I would go out with a bang, and this is the best day for it. ” He ran his hand through his long dark brown hair and sighed as it hit the pillow beneath his head. ” After letting himself wake up, David reached over and grabbed his phone, scanning his FaceSpace page for updates. Everyone on his wall was in mass hysteria over the Monk’s prediction. David mindlessly read the headlines and focused on one in particular, “Forkshire’s Buddhist Monk Dahli Lamnah Predicts the End of the World, Aug 31, 2013. ” David dropped his phone on his desk and sighed, “Old news, everyone already knew about... ” He was no exception to this, and for a 22-year-old college student suffering from depression, he found a sense of peace in the possibility of an apocalypse. Brenda, if I don’t see you today I just wanna tell you that I appreciate everything that you’ve done for me. You’ve been there when no one else was, and you’ve saved my life more times than you know by just being here.

It was almost three when I got back to Dearie’s. What happened to your hands. Did you go with someone. Sunday night for Christ sake. Fifteen bucks, and almost that much more on beer, plus someone slashed my right rear tire. I had a lousy time. “Man who seek trouble never find it far off,” Dearie said. Dearie helped me pulled the Murphy bed out from the wall. I’ll make some breakfast for you in the morning. get you off to a good start. I gave up chasing women in Chicago after Sunday night. The Monday following was worse than any I had spent since starting at Northwestern. I was tired, and disappointed with myself, the world at large, and life in general. Frank came in just in time to beat the bell didn’t speak to me. I noticed Snitzer check his watch with a horse-trainer’s eye. Frank’s eyes were bloodshot and his movements listless. Joe moved over to his desk at lunch time, and what little comradeship had ever been between us disappeared without a word.

Langkawi is the Main Island in a Archipelago of more than 100 Islands off the Northwest Coast of Malaysia, Latitude 6 deg N, Longitude 100 deg E. So, I arrived into Langkawi Airport from Singapore on Saturday morning 14th November, to find that... seeing as the “Blancmange “man category was closed, there was no possibility of my entering the competition so it was down to guile and persistence to get to the jetty. ) taxi driver that there were alternative routes, according to my google maps, we set off for the jetty , assured in the fact that the car would simply bounce of the Ironmen competing. After three police/army/ local militia/ official roadblocks and negotiations, we went via dirt roads, farmyards and fishing creeks to arrive at the jetty, to be greeted by the friendly “round eye” skipper Dave. Con Level Three and in a state of high alert. The defence conditions are set at three levels: Level one , YELLOW, with daily surveillance and manual interventions, aimed at flys and wasps etc,. Level two, ORANGE with hourly surveillance and chemical weapon interventions, aimed at mosquitos. and Level three, RED, with second by second surveillance and severe chemical weapon intervention, aimed at cockroaches and ANTS. Def Con three was exercising and agitating the skipper.

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In Europe, upstart parties surge as voters reject the political elite

Voters in the European Union’s fifth-largest country are poised to divide their support in the Dec. 20 election among four major parties, elevating two upstart movements to the level ... in Greece and ran into a brick wall seeking relief from austerity ...

www.marketwatch.comDecember 11, 2015

Beyond the half-halt: Moving forward with your horse

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horsetalk.co.nzDecember 10, 2015

New Tiny Wireless Temperature Sensor Could Power IoT

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business.newsfactor.comDecember 7, 2015

When aid, not crime, crosses the border

When presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson talk about the U.S.-Mexico border, they emphasize the need to strengthen security by building a bigger wall, arguing that these measures would seal the country and prevent the movement of illicit ...

www.nogalesinternational.comDecember 11, 2015

Bernie Sanders and the Limits of Electoral Politics

"Presidential elections are where movements go to die." In this sense it may be useful to reflect on similarities and differences between the mobilization surrounding Sanders' campaign and the Occupy Wall Street ... way in which the large national unions ...

www.truth-out.orgDecember 11, 2015

The Second Cold War

Counting 120 members as of now—in fact a large part of the global South—the movement’s anti-imperialist and anti ... of the “End of History” after the fall of the Berlin wall that supposedly heralded the universal rein of liberal democracy ...

www.lewrockwell.comDecember 11, 2015

Thursday’s Commentary On The DJIA (.DJI)

DJIA at 17493, -75.70 has continued to fall after rejection at the resistance near 18000, and only a break above 18000 or a break below 17400 will confirm further movement ... one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones ...